Rout \Rout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Routed; p. pr. & vb. n. Routing.]

To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.

That party . . . that charged the Scots, so totally routed and defeated their whole army, that they fied. --Clarendon.

Syn: To defeat; discomfit; overpower; overthrow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)